Q: Is 8,209,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,209,608 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 8,209,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 121 132 242 257 264 363 484 514 726 771 968 1,028 1,331 1,452 1,542 2,056 2,662 2,827 2,904 3,084 3,993 5,324 5,654 6,168 7,986 8,481 10,648 11,308 15,972 16,962 22,616 31,097 31,944 33,924 62,194 67,848 93,291 124,388 186,582 248,776 342,067 373,164 684,134 746,328 1,026,201 1,368,268 2,052,402 2,736,536 4,104,804 and 8,209,608, with no remainder.

Since 8,209,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,209,608, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).